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Niv-Mizzet Reborn
Flying
When Niv-Mizzet enters, reveal the top ten cards of your library. For each color pair, choose a card that's exactly those colors from among them. Put the chosen cards into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Legendary Creature - Dragon Avatar
Niv-Mizzet Reborn (rvr) 459

Commander

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Persistent Constrictor
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, they lose 1 life and you put a -1/-1 counter on up to one target creature they control.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
Creature - Zombie Snake
Persistent Constrictor (dsc) 22

Burn

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Blowfly Infestation
Whenever a creature dies, if it had a -1/-1 counter on it, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.
Enchantment
Blowfly Infestation (ecc) 46
Brokers Ascendancy
At the beginning of your end step, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control and a loyalty counter on each planeswalker you control.
Enchantment
Brokers Ascendancy (snc) 170
Cathars' Crusade
Whenever a creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Enchantment
Cathars' Crusade (inr) 17
Costume Closet
This artifact enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.
: Move a +1/+1 counter from this artifact onto target creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery.
Whenever a modified creature you control leaves the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on this artifact. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)
Artifact
Costume Closet (spm) 5
Explorer's Cache
This artifact enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.
Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this artifact.
: Move a +1/+1 counter from this artifact onto target creature. Activate only as a sorcery.
Artifact
Explorer's Cache (lci) 184
Fate Transfer
Move all counters from target creature onto another target creature.
Instant
Fate Transfer (shm) 161
Flusterstorm
Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays
.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
Instant
Flusterstorm (plst) CMD-46
Goldberry, River-Daughter
: Move a counter of each kind not on Goldberry from another target permanent you control onto Goldberry.
,
: Move one or more counters from Goldberry onto another target permanent you control. If you do, draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Nymph
Goldberry, River-Daughter (ltr) 52
Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
Whenever Hapatra deals combat damage to a player, you may put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.
Whenever you put one or more -1/-1 counters on a creature, create a 1/1 green Snake creature token with deathtouch.
Legendary Creature - Human Cleric
Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons (ecc) 123
Innkeeper's Talent
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
: Level 2
Permanents you control with counters on them have ward
.
: Level 3
If you would put one or more counters on a permanent or player, put twice that many of each of those kinds of counters on that permanent or player instead.
Enchantment - Class
Innkeeper's Talent (blb) 180
Kitchen Finks
When this creature enters, you gain 2 life.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
Creature - Ouphe
Kitchen Finks (uma) 216
Obstinate Gargoyle
This creature has flying as long as it's modified. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
Creature Artifact - Gargoyle
Obstinate Gargoyle (mh3) 195
Putrid Goblin
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
Creature - Goblin Zombie
Putrid Goblin (plst) MH1-101
Quillspike
, Remove a -1/-1 counter from a creature you control: This creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.
Creature - Beast
Quillspike (eve) 126
Rendclaw Trow
Wither (This deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
Creature - Troll
Rendclaw Trow (eve) 127
Resourceful Defense
Whenever a permanent you control leaves the battlefield, if it had counters on it, put those counters on target permanent you control.
: Move any number of counters from target permanent you control onto a second target permanent you control.
Enchantment
Resourceful Defense (eoc) 67
Restless Apparition
: This creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
Creature - Spirit
Restless Apparition (mm2) 196
Safehold Elite
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
Creature - Elf Scout
Safehold Elite (uma) 220
Sphere Grid
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.
Unlock Ability — Creatures you control with +1/+1 counters on them have reach and trample.
Enchantment
Sphere Grid (fic) 70
Uncivil Unrest
Nontoken creatures you control have riot. (They enter with your choice of a +1/+1 counter or haste.)
If a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals double that damage instead.
Enchantment
Uncivil Unrest (moc) 35
Vizier of Remedies
If one or more -1/-1 counters would be put on a creature you control, that many -1/-1 counters minus one are put on it instead.
Creature - Human Cleric
Vizier of Remedies (plst) AKH-38
Weapon Rack
This artifact enters with three +1/+1 counters on it.
: Move a +1/+1 counter from this artifact onto target creature. Activate only as a sorcery.
Artifact
Weapon Rack (j22) 807

Counters

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Auntie Ool, Cursewretch
Ward—Blight 2. (To blight 2, a player puts two -1/-1 counters on a creature they control.)
Whenever one or more -1/-1 counters are put on a creature, draw a card if you control that creature. If you don't control it, its controller loses 1 life.
Legendary Creature - Goblin Warlock
Auntie Ool, Cursewretch (ecc) 2
Bristlebane Battler
Trample, ward

This creature enters with five -1/-1 counters on it.
Whenever another creature you control enters while this creature has a -1/-1 counter on it, remove a -1/-1 counter from this creature.
Creature - Soldier Kithkin
Bristlebane Battler (ecl) 168
Dread Tiller
When this creature enters, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.
Whenever a creature with a -1/-1 counter on it dies, you may put a land card from your hand or graveyard onto the battlefield tapped.
Creature Artifact - Scarecrow
Dread Tiller (ecc) 20
Moonshadow
Menace
This creature enters with six -1/-1 counters on it.
Whenever one or more permanent cards are put into your graveyard from anywhere while this creature has a -1/-1 counter on it, remove a -1/-1 counter from this creature.
Creature - Elemental
Moonshadow (ecl) 110
Rhys, the Evermore
Flash
When Rhys enters, another target creature you control gains persist until end of turn. (When it dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
,
: Remove any number of counters from target creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legendary Creature - Warrior Elf
Rhys, the Evermore (ecl) 32
Shadow Urchin
Whenever this creature attacks, blight 1. (Put a -1/-1 counter on a creature you control.)
Whenever a creature you control with one or more counters on it dies, exile that many cards from the top of your library. Until your next end step, you may play those cards.
Creature - Ouphe
Shadow Urchin (ecl) 242

Creature

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Braids, Arisen Nightmare
At the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice an artifact, creature, enchantment, land, or planeswalker. If you do, each opponent may sacrifice a permanent of their choice that shares a card type with it. For each opponent who doesn't, that player loses 2 life and you draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Nightmare
Braids, Arisen Nightmare (eoc) 82
Hollowmurk Siege
As this enchantment enters, choose Sultai or Abzan.
• Sultai — Whenever a counter is put on a creature you control, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
• Abzan — Whenever you attack, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature. It gains menace until end of turn.
Enchantment
Hollowmurk Siege (tdm) 192
River Kelpie
Whenever this creature or another permanent enters from a graveyard, draw a card.
Whenever a player casts a spell from a graveyard, draw a card.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
Creature - Beast
River Kelpie (tdc) 166

Draw

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Nexus Mentality
Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead.
• Move all counters from target nonland permanent you control onto another target nonland permanent you control.
• Remove all counters from target nonland permanent you control. Draw a card for each counter removed this way.
Instant
Nexus Mentality (soc) 21

Instant

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Abandoned Air Temple
This land enters tapped unless you control a basic land.
: Add
.
,
: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Land
Abandoned Air Temple (tla) 263
Bojuka Bog
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard.
: Add
.
Land
Bojuka Bog (soc) 363
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (soc) 129
Crosis's Catacombs
When this land enters, sacrifice it unless you return a non-Lair land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add
,
, or
.
Land - Lair
Crosis's Catacombs (dmr) 242
Crystal Quarry
: Add
.
,
: Add
.
Land
Crystal Quarry (dmc) 206
Darigaaz's Caldera
When this land enters, sacrifice it unless you return a non-Lair land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add
,
, or
.
Land - Lair
Darigaaz's Caldera (dmr) 243
Dromar's Cavern
When this land enters, sacrifice it unless you return a non-Lair land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add
,
, or
.
Land - Lair
Dromar's Cavern (dmr) 246
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (sos) 280
Gavony Township
: Add
.
,
: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Land
Gavony Township (moc) 406
Hall of Oracles
: Add
.
,
: Add one mana of any color.
: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery and only if you've cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn.
Land
Hall of Oracles (soc) 378
Indatha Triome
(
: Add
,
, or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land - Plains Swamp Forest
Indatha Triome (iko) 248
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (sos) 274
Ketria Triome
(
: Add
,
, or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land - Island Mountain Forest
Ketria Triome (plst) IKO-250
Llanowar Reborn
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
Graft 1 (This land enters with a +1/+1 counter on it. Whenever a creature enters, you may move a +1/+1 counter from this land onto it.)
Land
Llanowar Reborn (lcc) 341
Mountain
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Mountain
Mountain (sos) 278
Nesting Grounds
: Add
.
,
: Move a counter from target permanent you control onto a second target permanent. Activate only as a sorcery.
Land
Nesting Grounds (ecc) 155
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (sos) 272
Raugrin Triome
(
: Add
,
, or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land - Plains Island Mountain
Raugrin Triome (iko) 251
Reliquary Tower
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Land
Reliquary Tower (soc) 398
Rith's Grove
When this land enters, sacrifice it unless you return a non-Lair land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add
,
, or
.
Land - Lair
Rith's Grove (dmr) 255
Savai Triome
(
: Add
,
, or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land - Plains Swamp Mountain
Savai Triome (iko) 253
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (sos) 276
Treva's Ruins
When this land enters, sacrifice it unless you return a non-Lair land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add
,
, or
.
Land - Lair
Treva's Ruins (dmr) 260
Zagoth Triome
(
: Add
,
, or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land - Island Swamp Forest
Zagoth Triome (iko) 259

Land

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Shadowspear
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has trample and lifelink.
: Permanents your opponents control lose hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
Equip
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Shadowspear (plst) THB-236

Lifegain

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Melira, Sylvok Outcast
You can't get poison counters.
Creatures you control can't have -1/-1 counters put on them.
Creatures your opponents control lose infect.
Legendary Creature - Human Scout
Melira, Sylvok Outcast (nph) 115
Mithril Coat
Flash
Indestructible
When Mithril Coat enters, attach it to target legendary creature you control.
Equipped creature has indestructible.
Equip
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Mithril Coat (ltr) 245
Rhythm of the Wild
Creature spells you control can't be countered.
Nontoken creatures you control have riot. (They enter with your choice of a +1/+1 counter or haste.)
Enchantment
Rhythm of the Wild (rvr) 217

Protection

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (soc) 127
Mox Tantalite
Suspend 3—
(Rather than cast this card from your hand, pay
and exile it with three time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.)
: Add one mana of any color.
Artifact
Mox Tantalite (mh1) 226
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (soc) 128
Sonic Screwdriver
: Add one mana of any color.
,
: Untap another target artifact.
,
: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
,
: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Artifact
Sonic Screwdriver (who) 184
The Soul Stone
Indestructible
: Add
.
,
, Exile a creature you control: Harness The Soul Stone. (Once harnessed, its ∞ ability is active.)
∞ — At the beginning of your upkeep, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Legendary Artifact - Infinity Stone
The Soul Stone (spm) 66

Ramp

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Bala Ged Recovery
Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
Sorcery
Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary (plst) ZNR-180Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary (plst) ZNR-180
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn
Flying, lifelink
Creature spells you cast have convoke. (Your creatures can help cast those spells. Each creature you tap while casting a creature spell pays for
or one mana of that creature's color.)
At the beginning of your first main phase, you may pay
. If you do, transform Eirdu.
Legendary Creature - Elemental God
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight (ecl) 13Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight (ecl) 13
Heartmender
At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a -1/-1 counter from each creature you control.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
Creature - Elemental
Heartmender (shm) 228
Lingering Tormentor
Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
Creature - Spirit
Lingering Tormentor (eve) 36
Puppeteer Clique
Flying
When this creature enters, put target creature card from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. It gains haste. At the beginning of your next end step, exile it.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
Creature - Wizard Faerie
Puppeteer Clique (ecc) 84
Reanimate
Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to that card's mana value.
Sorcery
Reanimate (fic) 282
Thunderblust
Haste
This creature has trample as long as it has a -1/-1 counter on it.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
Creature - Elemental
Thunderblust (mm2) 131
Twilight Shepherd
Flying, vigilance
When this creature enters, return to your hand all cards in your graveyard that were put there from the battlefield this turn.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
Creature - Angel
Twilight Shepherd (dvd) 11
Victimize
Choose two target creature cards in your graveyard. Sacrifice a creature. If you do, return the chosen cards to the battlefield tapped.
Sorcery
Victimize (tdc) 198

Recursion

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Aerie Ouphes
Sacrifice this creature: It deals damage equal to its power to target creature with flying.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
Creature - Ouphe
Aerie Ouphes (eve) 65
Counterspell
Counter target spell.
Instant
Counterspell (dsc) 114
Foil
You may discard an Island card and another card rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell.
Instant
Foil (plst) UMA-55
Glen Elendra Archmage
Flying
, Sacrifice this creature: Counter target noncreature spell.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
Creature - Wizard Faerie
Glen Elendra Archmage (woc) 94
Kithkin Spellduster
Flying
, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target enchantment.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
Creature - Wizard Kithkin
Kithkin Spellduster (eve) 8
Murderous Redcap
When this creature enters, it deals damage equal to its power to any target.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
Creature - Goblin Assassin
Murderous Redcap (plst) SHM-192
Spreading Plague
Whenever a creature enters, destroy all other creatures that share a color with it. They can't be regenerated.
Enchantment
Spreading Plague (inv) 125
Swan Song
Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.
Instant
Swan Song (eoc) 46
Will of the Abzan
Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead.
• Any number of target opponents each sacrifice a creature with the greatest power among creatures that player controls and lose 3 life.
• Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Sorcery
Will of the Abzan (tdc) 31
Woodfall Primus
Trample
When this creature enters, destroy target noncreature permanent.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
Creature - Shaman Treefolk
Woodfall Primus (ltc) 264

Removal

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Flourishing Defenses
Whenever a -1/-1 counter is put on a creature, you may create a 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature token.
Enchantment
Flourishing Defenses (ecc) 107
Nest of Scarabs
Whenever you put one or more -1/-1 counters on a creature, create that many 1/1 black Insect creature tokens.
Enchantment
Nest of Scarabs (akh) 101

Tokens

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Demonic Tutor
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Demonic Tutor (cmm) 150
Enlightened Tutor
Search your library for an artifact or enchantment card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
Instant
Enlightened Tutor (dmr) 263
Vampiric Tutor
Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.
Instant
Vampiric Tutor (dmr) 108

Tutor

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Deck Info

Deck stats

24 pips - 16 cards
16 mana - 16 cards
14 pips - 11 cards
13 mana - 13 cards
32 pips - 27 cards
19 mana - 19 cards
10 pips - 7 cards
13 mana - 13 cards
25 pips - 21 cards
18 mana - 18 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
7 mana - 6 cards
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Description

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